The US may have entered a “post-truth” era, but Australia may not have. Past research on people in the US about their views on politicians who frequently bend the truth found that fact-checking had little impact, whereas a new study found that for Australians it did change their political opinions.

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The US may have entered a “post-truth” era, but Australia may not have. Past research on people in the US about their views on politicians who frequently bend the truth found that fact-checking had little impact, whereas a new study found that for Australians it did change their political opinions.